Insect-destroyer.



J. T. LOMIS.

INSECT DESTROYER.

APPLIGATIGN 1211.111) 11110.15, 1910.

1,0035278. Patented sept. 12,1911.

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To att whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JAMES T. LooMrs, a citizen of the United States,residing at rToledo, in the county of Lucas and State of Ohio, haveinvented new and useful lmprovements in Insect-Destroyers, of which nthe following is a. specification.

This invention relates to improvements in insect destroyers, and isprimarily directed to' that class of destroyers designed to be held inthe hand and to kill the insect by a quick delivered blow. i

The object of the invention is to provide an insect destroyer of thecharacter referred to which shall be simple and cheap in construction,durable and by which the dies and other insects may be killed withcertainty and by the exercise of a small amount ot force and not liableto break or deface an article with which it comes in contact in use.-

Another object of the invention is to provide the blade or hittingelement of the device with a metal binding positioned adjacent one ofits transverse edges, the said binding also adapted to form a passagewherein the bent ends of the flexible portion of a handle member may beeasily inserted or removed as desired, and whereby any number of bladesmay be used in connection with a single handle.

Vith the abo-ve objects in view, the inven-l tion resides `in the novelarrangement ot part-s which will be hereinafter' more fully describedand particularly set forth in the appended claim.

In the accomI-Janying drawings, Figure l is a plan view of an insectdestroyer constructed in accordance with the present invention. Fig. 2is a partial horizontal section of the same, showing the manne-r ofconnecting the detachable handle with the met-al binding ofthe blade.Fig. 3 is a detail sectional view illustrating the manner of connectingthe binding with the blade.

In the drawings, the numeral l designates the blade of the device. Thisblade is preferably constructed of a flat rectangular piece of wirecloth, but it is to be understood that other flexible materials may beemployed it desired.

material, and is formed. With all:

The numeral 2 designates the binding which is positioned upon one of thetransverse edges of the blade 1. This binding 2 is constructed of ablank of suit-able bendable igitudispecification of Letters raient;Patented Sept-.'12, 1911. Application sied necemher 6,1910. l i i SerialNo. 595,868.

is provided with a plurality oi' downwardly projecting teeth 5, whilethe opposite arm 4 is formed with openings 6 adapted to receive the saidteeth. The binding 2 has its arms spaced apart when the membercomprising the blade l is inserted therebetween. By com-- pressing thearms together and forcing the teeth 5 through the openings 6 andclenching the same, it will be noted that the blade is eectivelyconnected with the binding. It will be further noted that the saidlblade can be readily detached frbm the binding if desired, so that thebinding may be employed for securing any number of blades after theblades rst in use have become mutilated or destroyed.

The numeral 7 designates the handle of the device. This handle 7 ispreferably constructed of a single strand of resilient wire, the samebeing centrally twisted upon itself as at 8 and the strands beingprovided with the rearwardly extending loop 9 forming the handle proper.The strands opposite the handle proper are bent or inclined in oppositedirections to provide the arms l0 and 11. These arms have theirextremities bent inwardly or toward each other and the tree ends ct thesaid bent port-ions contact the said arms, so that the members 12, whichare adapted to enter the opposite ends of the passage, formed by thebinding 2 are substantially flattened to agree with the formation ot thepassage. By spreading the arms away from each other, it will be readilynoted that the handle can be easily and quickly removed from the binding2.

From the above description, taken in connection with the accompanyingdra-wing, it will be noted that the binding is firmly engaged by thehandle 7 so that the movement ot, the said binding` in any direction iseffectively obviated. It will be further noted that the flexible blade lwill, upon manipulation ot the handle curve itself4 so as to structed otflexible material, a metallic binding for one of the edges ot the blade,4st igrd'f binding being constructed of a single strip of a Widthsubstantially equal to that of the 0f metal, the same being bent uponitself to passage whereby the said ends prevent the provide asubstantially rectangular longiswinging of the binding When the deviceis tudinally extending passage, a resilient used.

handle, said handle being constructed of a In testimony whereof I aix mysignature 15 single piece of Wire which is 'centrally in presence of twoWitnesses.

twisted upon itself to provide angularly ar- JAMES T. LOOMIS. rangedoppositely disposed arms, said arms lVitnesses: having their extremitiesbentv to provide sub- WM. E. COLE,

im stantally U-shaped ends, the said ends being p CHA's. E. BYRAM.

